Chris Foster of G & H Welding welds concrete block ties to the structural steel on an addition to Randall K. Cooper High School in Union.

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In just one day this week, five new students enrolled at Boone County's Randall K. Cooper High School and they won't be the last before school starts next month.

"They'll come in spurts, but closer to school we'll have the office full I'm sure," said Principal Mike Wilson. "We'll have at least 100 more kids."

In the five years since it opened, the school has added nearly 400 students and is now about 100 students over capacity. Next door, three-year-old Longbranch Elementary has 820 students, about 120 more than it was built to hold. ...